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Device - "Hanging on a Heart Attack" (August 1986, #35) One more 1986 classic for tonight. This one is a super-forgotten gem. It hit #35 in August 1986 in the US (it wasn't a single in the UK), and was Device's only Top 40 hit. It's cheezy as hell, and the video is about as cheezy as the...

Public Image Ltd. - "Rise" (1986, did not chart) Here's a January 1986 song from the great John Lydon. I can't decide whether it's decent or crap. Weird wikitrivia: Steve Vai plays the guitar solo. It hit #11 in the UK, but did not make the US Hot 100 at all.

I bet you didn't know this: From 1992 on, Bon Jovi was MUCH more successful in the UK than in the US. I count a whopping 29 singles released in 1992 or later that made the US or UK Top 40. All but two of those charted higher in the UK! An amazing 17 of those made the UK Top 10; only 2 made...

Oran "Juice" Jones - The Rain (1986, #9) Here's some R&B from fall 1986. This one starts out very cool/smooth. Then Oran starts the talking bit and tells you why you're like cornflakes. It gets pretty intense, especially for a big hit. This minor classic hit #9 in the US and #4 in the UK.

Level 42 - Something About You (1986, #7) Let's get back to 1986. Well enough snark, here's one of the ten best songs from 1986. Resist THIS, buddies! This was a big hit, making #7 in the US, and #6 in the UK. Obligatory weirdo learn-something-every-day wikipedia quote: "In 1993, Paul...

So wikipedia sez: There are two versions of the video for "It's My Life". The first, envisioned by director Tim Pope as a statement against the banality of lip-synching, consists almost entirely of footage from wildlifedocumentaries, interspersed with shots of Talk Talk lead singer Mark Hollis...

+1... I'll have to think about the video, looks like stock nature channel so far.

The other way around, or at least Warner Bros. (and Warner Bros. Television and many many other companies) is a subsidiary of Time Warner.

Thanks!

Damn, that is an awesome video! And I don't remember it at all. I had a friend in high school who worshipped Art of Noise so I do remember them and this song. The Fabulous Thunderbirds had the worst "Rock VORP" ever according to "famed writer" Chuck Klosterman...

So you want more? Alrighty then! Next up, one of the worst videos ever. Everybody in it looks so freakin' angry that they have to spend their Saturday morning whoring themselves for an idiotic song and video. Just look at them. After the shoot, they probably all went right home and beat...

Wrap Her Up - Elton John & George Michael (1986, #20) You'll come for the wicked groove that Cameo would've killed for in 1986, and the delirious George Michael backup vocal*. You'll stay for Elton John in a mullet. * George Michael was quoted at the time in Smash Hits magazine that "it...

I am so tempted to say... :o just say no just say no

I'm glad you mentioned these two, because I screwed both of those two up. The wikipedia article on RCT mentions a movie that Sony Animation was supposed to be making, but this was in 2010. That's why I put it on the Sony list last year. It shouldn't be here... the owner of the license is...

So... no Shadow --> bath salts?

A very interesting topic. If Warners and Fox are out, and surely Disney is too, besides Sony, that leaves Universal and Paramount, and the non-majors. I couldn't resist. I tried to identify the studio that owned every DMD table not in TPA. Here is a really big list of results. I hope it...

AMH looks great to me. It's kind of just plain uplifting that such a tiny company, even mostly just the one guy (Ben Heck), can put what looks like a genuine real & original pinball machine into production these days. I guess everyone's curious to see what the Rob Zombie table will be like...

Maybe call it "Festerizing"? (Kinda sounds like Pasteurizing... making milk safe to drink, Festerizing is making a pinball machine safe to emulate? My apologies.)

From memory... it lights at the left lock lane, which is important to hit, but it times out after about 20 seconds. But jackpot is so unimportant in BRose that it doesn't really matter, right? There are tons of times in real pinball when you really don't want to hit a shot. You don't want to...

But not in that way...